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Nick Bollettieri: Former players pay tribute after 'pioneer' tennis coach dies aged 91

Lincsaddick
Lincsaddick Posts: 32,390
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The tennis champion maker .. R I P

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  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,384
    Ah RIP
    was my ambition to get a scholarship to his academy when I was a junior, had to make do with David Lloyd 😉, he was one of the first advocates for oversized racket heads and putting on extreme topspin.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,390
    EugenesAxe said:
    Ah RIP
    was my ambition to get a scholarship to his academy when I was a junior, had to make do with David Lloyd 😉, he was one of the first advocates for oversized racket heads and putting on extreme topspin.
    I believe his fees were very high and his regime and methods very strict
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,384
    Lincsaddick said:
    EugenesAxe said:
    Ah RIP
    was my ambition to get a scholarship to his academy when I was a junior, had to make do with David Lloyd 😉, he was one of the first advocates for oversized racket heads and putting on extreme topspin.
    I believe his fees were very high and his regime and methods very strict
    Yes like an army camp, but you got bloody good!
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Is he the bloke that introduced the horrible grunting on serve?
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,390
    Hal1x said:
    Is he the bloke that introduced the horrible grunting on serve?
    think that might have been Bruce Lee  :)

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